Chapter 190 - A Dream Not Like A Dream (1/2)
Chapter 190: A Dream Not Like A Dream
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Although Gu Nianzhi wasn’t too fond of the colors in the roos had been meticulously chosen They were all brand name pieces, and there were several antique pieces as well—like the reen jade The lighter green parts had been carved into leaves, to accentuate the white petals, hts Gu Nianzhi set her luggage down and expressed her gratitude to Huo Jialan “Thank you, Sister Lan”
“You’re welcoently pat her shoulder”This is a s rooh the small door there’s the bedroom” She explained as she opened the door with Gu Nianzhi
The bedroo hite except for the pink bedspread and canopy The roo, but armly furnished with a plush loveseat in the east side and two angel shaped lahtstands for the bed A white desk with a white laptop was placed across from the bed, by the door The south wall of the room had acovered by a blush pink curtain; it looked sheer at first, but Gu Nianzhi noticed that it blocked out the light the view of the scenery outside
Huo Jianlan noticed Gu Nianzhi staring at the curtain and walked over, pulling a corner back with a sarden with your suite; it also connects to the outside garden You could have your breakfast or leisure time out there, if you so chose ”
Gu Nianzhi thanked Huo Jialan happily and saw her out It had been an exhausting day and apart froht fro to eat or drink forto sate her appetite, but decided to forgo the trouble since it was her first ti soon anyway and she was going to have a hearty breakfast then Until then, she would focus on getting a good night’s rest
She opened her suitcase to take out her toiletries and towel and take a shower After showering however, she felt even hungrier and scoured the living rooe She drank half a bottle of water to quell her hunger, then quickly felt tired and fell asleep as soon as she hit thesuch tu countenance couldn’t handle such stress all at once
Later in the night, the lights in the Huoappeared troubled as eed from the third floor to check on Gu Nianzhi He saw that her door was locked and realized there was no sound from inside the room; he assumed that she had finally fallen asleep and didn’t disturb her further He returned to his room on the other side of the hall The suite was also on the first floor, but er than Gu Nianzhi’s It had three bedroo rooms to total 150 square e apartan to fully utilize the entire roo to the space he hadn’t been back to in six years, Huo Shaoheng scanned through it and found that al the navy blue sheets on the bed The suite was furnished siant and stately, with a certain sole proceeded to wash up in the bathroom Afterwards, he opened his coze It appeared that ion’s h the e off the coht in the entire Huo Manor glowed faintly from the top of the third floor The heavy curtains were drawn and nothing could be seen
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Gu Nianzhi was experiencing a curious dreary, so even her drea She dreamed that she sat at a round table laden with all the food and desserts she liked, her favourite freshly squeezedroast duck Gu Nianzhi didn’t knohy she was drea it Perhaps it was because the roast duck in C City was not as authentic as the ones in the I would always say that when they had moved to the capital, they had to take Gu Nianzhi eat the most authentic roast duck in of all of the Huaxia Empire Gu Nianzhi could even sust turned the stea duck frozen; even the fat solidified Gu Nianzhi co her lips and reaching out to tear off a leg Unfortunately there was no onion, so she dipped it in sweet sauce and put it to her ue–she had bit her tongue while drea Gu Nianzhi’s eyes briy eyes, she was shocked to see a person in white sitting at her bedside and looking at her! The room should have been pitch black, but when Gu Nianzhi woke up, light penetrated from outside the curtain and she could feel a cold breeze The person’s back faced the light, their face hidden in the shadows The cold wind blew again and Gu Nianzhi’s body was stiff and ih she were paralyzed She tried to open her eyes wider to adjust to the darkness in the room, and was finally able to make out a blurry face It was a woman! An indescribably beautiful woman! Sweat beaded on Gu Nianzhi’s forehead as she desperately tried to move, but she remained frozen For a second, she wondered if she were still dreaht she ake but really wasn’t
The woers were like ice,Gu Nianzhi shudder as soon as she felt them When she shook her head away, she realized that she had her voice again She instinctively screamed, “Someone! Uncle Huo! Huo Shao! Help!” She didn’t know if she could be heard, but the only thing she could do was screahtened by her and suddenly stood up Froht let in by the opened curtains, Gu Nianzhi could see that the wo white fluffy robe and was barefoot She left her bedside and ran towards the French s The light fro the rooain and frantically crawled up, screa as she rushed out, “Uncle Huo!” She was too afraid to look outside the French s and only wanted to leave the roo “Huo Shao! Uncle Huo! Where are you?!” Gu Nianzhi wrenched her door open and stor room
“What happened?”
“What is it?”
The orderlies on night shi+ft ihts and ai alone in therooown Tears strea down her back; her fair face under the lights appeared just as luminous as a full moon’s The orderlies relaxed when they realized that she ouns when they questioned her
“Miss Gu, what happened?”
“Someone…someone was in htened in a long ti, and upset